Bronze Charm from Ming-Qing Dynasty Artist: Unknown
Mint: Unknown

1639–1911

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

44.80 g, 12:00, 61.1 mm × 47.4 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Dr. John G. Adams, B.A. 1874

Accession Number

2001.87.34520

Geography

Made in China

Culture

Chinese

Period

17th–20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: An elegantly dressed female carrying in her right hand a branch from the cassia tree. At the very top of the charm are two Chinese characters which read right to left as CHAN / GONG meaning "toad palace"

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Two Chinese characters at the top of the canopy which are read right to left as TIAN / FU meaning "heavenly palace." The main body of the charm has an inscription written in vertical columns FU YU XIAN LANG DI YI ZHI meaning "to give to immortal young gentleman the first branch" wishing success in the imperial examinations with two charcters on the bottom left side MEI GONG.
Provenance
Dr. John G. Adams, to about 1900; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1900 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

charms

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